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first 6-112 years of the intifada,
and 18 in just 14/2 years of au-
tonomy.)
There have been no fatal ter-
rorist attacks in Gaza since April
10, when seven Israeli soldiers
and Flatow were killed and some
60 people injured in bombings
near Kfar Darom and Netzarim.
Consequently, Gaza settlers have
received little attention over the
last few months. The popular
view from Israel is that Gaza is
quiet.
But Zvi Hendel, leader of the
Gaza settlers, says this is a mi-
rage. About 2-1/2 months ago, he
notes, a Palestinian man driving
a donkey cart detonated a bomb
on a road in the middle of Gush
Katif. "By some miracle, the
bomb went off just after a school
bus had left the site," Hendel
said. "The bomb weighed over
100 pounds - much larger than
the bus bombs in Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem and other Israeli
cities. The cart, the donkey and
the Palestinian were all blown to
bits."
While Palestinians hardly ever
throw rocks at settlers any more,
shooting incidents, which used to
be rare, have become common be-
cause the Palestinians have rel-
atively easy access to guns, Mr.
Hendel said.
According to the army, there
have been 153 shooting incidents
in Gaza since autonomy began,
35 roadside mines discovered, 11
Molotov cocktails and three
grenades thrown, seven stab-
bings and one arson.
He maintained that the joint
jeep patrols, which will also be
conducted in the West Bank,
have been a failure and a humil-
iation for Israeli soldiers in Gaza.
"There have been hundreds of in-
cidents where the Israeli soldier
wanted to stop a Palestinian car
and check it, and the Palestinian
policeman cocked his rifle and
aimed it at the soldier, so he was
forced to let the suspicious car
go," Mr. Hendel said.
A military source says these
incidents occurred when the joint
patrols began, but that they have
long stopped. "Our soldiers were
calm enough and cool enough to
know how to handle it, and the
situations were defused," the
source said. "Over a period of
time, the Palestinian police
learned how to behave. I don't
think anybody questions any-
more that the joint patrols have
been a success."
Mr. Hendel says he hears from
local Palestinians that Mr. Arafat
is telling his people to refrain
from terror until they get control
of the West Bank. In Mr. Heller's
opinion, Mr. Arafat is not the
problem; Hamas is, and it is be-
coming less of one.
When Hamas carries out an
act of terror, Israel closes the ter-
ritories, the Palestinians suffer
economically, "and they hold
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Hamas directly responsible for
this," Mr. Heller noted. "Over the
last six months there are all
kinds of indications that Hamas
is losing support."
All agree, however, that pro-
tecting Jews in Gaza is a small-
er, simpler challenge than
protecting Jews in the West Bank
promises to be. EJ
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